Hi all,
We are currently renovating our property and have no landline or internet connected. We received a flyer in the mail stating that impacted services in our area will be switched off 30/05/2017. On the NBN website, it states:
"Your address will be connected to the nbn™ network via nbn™ Fibre to the premises (FTTP). You need to contact a provider and choose a new plan that suits your needs, as you won't be automatically connected to the nbn™ network."
As we won't need any internet for at least another few months (until renovations are completed), do we need to get NBN connect before the date above? If this is the case, can we just get the NBN box installed and join a contract once we need the service?
Or can we just leave it as is and get the NBN box installed at a later date? If so, will there be extra charges incurred? We read somewhere that if it is not installed by a certain date that it will cost >$1000 to install, but we aren't sure if this related to the cabling they do on the street and can't remember where we read it.
Tried to call Telstra and Optus, both calls were answered by offshore in Manila. Telstra said there's a $59 installation fee. On their website, it says $240.
Ideally, we don't want to be paying a monthly service fee for something we don't need but if this fee over the course of a few months works out cheaper than the extra install fee at a later date; we would of course choose the first option.
Thanks in advance.
edit: also called NBN but they said that after it has been installed in our street, we need to direct our questions to RSPs.
I was forcibly switched a couple of months ago. Get about 3 outages every week now. It's been a downgrade.